Lifting

Lifting equipment is also known as lifting gear and defines all equipment that someone might need personally or professionally to lift loads of any size, shape and weight. Such equipment falls into two categories, that which is purely manual and that which is partially or fully automatic.
The term encompasses all equipment that can be used to lift loads and includes jacks, block and tackle, gin poles, vacuum lifts, hoists, air lift bags, crane, rotating screws, gantries, A frames, shear legs, sheerleg, windlasses, lifting harnesses, fork lifts, and hydraulic lifting pads.
Lifting equipment is used from a whole range of industries, including include aerospace, agricultural, automotive, construction, transport, shipping and freight.